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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1940
Page
8
A club tea guide offers a spring theme with rose décor and menu ideas. It details sandwich choices, cookies, cakes, and two confections, plus mints and nuts, for small or large gatherings. The feature promotes Eleanor Howe’s Easy Entertaining cookbook with a mail-in offer.
The article notes widespread use of detachable hoods on coats. It highlights practical styling for windy beaches and summer events, praising camel's hair coats with hoods lined in red Scotch plaid and suggesting pastel variations.
A sketch shows how Miss Fixit decorated a desk with a repurposed chair. Sewing Book 5 offers 32 pages of homemaking ideas for 10 cents. Betsy returns next week with more attic tips. Order for Sewing Book 5 urged.
Facts on a Philadelphia statue honoring religious liberty donated in 1876 by B nai B rith are paired with curiosities about digestion dissolving metals in rats and a list of trademarks now common in dictionaries. Also mentions British Somaliland as a 1884 protectorate lacking railways hotels banks and European hospitals.
A proverb notes that without tale bearing there is no fire of strife. It emphasizes that gossip sustains conflict and that quiet or absence of rumors can end disputes. This reflects ancient wisdom on social harmony and human communication.
A brief reflection on passion’s peril and the need to doubt even when urges seem reasonable. The quote attributes caution to La Rochefoucauld about ruling emotions, urging skeptical judgment of strong feelings.
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